Podcast appearances and mentions of Jackie McLean

HERE WE GO MY SHOW FOR 29-MAY-2025 WITH A MIXED BAG OF OLD CLASSICS INCLUDING ( WILLIE HUTCH, INSTANT FUNK, LEON HAYWOOD, JACKIE McLEAN, CHAKA KHAN, TEENA MARIE  ) AND MANY MORE ALSO SOME TOP NEW TRACKS FROM ( JUIAN JONAH, CHANGE, VINCE BROOMFIELD, THE CHESNUT BROTHERS  ) WE ALSO HAVE THE CONNOISSEURS CORNER ( THIS WEEK WE HAVE GEORGE BENSON AND KIM WATERS) AND WE HAVE THE BACK TO BACK CLASSICS BY A CLASSIC ARTIST (THIS WEEK WE HAVE HEATWAVE ) THEN WE HAVE THREE TRACKS DUG OUT FROM THE GARAGE FROM ( SMOKEY ROBINSON, THE FOUR TOPS, GLADYS KNIGHT )  AND MUCH MUCH MORE SIT BACK WITH A GLASS OF SOMETHING AND ENJOY OR DOWNLOAD FOR LATER

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John Lenwood “Jackie” McClean (born May 17, 1931) grew up in the same neighborhood in Harlem that was home to Sonny Rollins, Bud Powell and Thelonius Monk, and soon fell under the sway of the Bebop Revolution, particularly as espoused by Charlie Parker. Throughout his career, Jackie kept his ears open to new developments in the music, while still remaining grounded in the bebop vocabulary of his youth, he recorded with many more adventuresome players, Ornette Coleman and Woody Shaw to name two. He became a well respected professor at Hart School of Music in Hartford, Connecticut and produced many talented students who have gone on to distinguished careers in jazz.

Master drummer Eric McPherson sits down with Pablo Held to discuss his idea of flow on the drums, lessons learned from jazz legends Jackie McLean, Andrew Hill & Pharoah Sanders, his relationship to bassists Ben Street & John Hebert and memorable moments in the studio / on the road. ___ • Support ‘Pablo Held Investigates' … Continue reading Eric McPherson

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ELVIN JONES “DEAR JOHN C” Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 23, 1965Dear John C, Ballade, Anthropology, That five-four bagCharlie Mariano (as) Hank Jones (p) Richard Davis (b) Elvin Jones (d) TOSHIKO AKIYOSHI TRIO “GEORGE WEIN PRESENTS TOSHIKO” Boston, MA, 1954It could happen to you, Kyo-shu [Nostalgia], Homework, Manhattan addressToshiko Akiyoshi (p) Paul Chambers (b) Ed Thigpen (d) JACKIE MCLEAN “ACTION” Englewood Cliffs, NJ, September 16, 1964Action, PlightCharles Tolliver (tp) Jackie McLean (as) Bobby Hutcherson (vib) Cecil McBee (b) Billy Higgins (d) Continue reading Puro Jazz 09 de abril, 2025 at PuroJazz.

ELVIN JONES “DEAR JOHN C” Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 23, 1965Dear John C, Ballade, Anthropology, That five-four bagCharlie Mariano (as) Hank Jones (p) Richard Davis (b) Elvin Jones (d) TOSHIKO AKIYOSHI TRIO “GEORGE WEIN PRESENTS TOSHIKO” Boston, MA, 1954It could happen to you, Kyo-shu [Nostalgia], Homework, Manhattan addressToshiko Akiyoshi (p) Paul Chambers (b) Ed Thigpen (d) JACKIE MCLEAN “ACTION” Englewood Cliffs, NJ, September 16, 1964Action, PlightCharles Tolliver (tp) Jackie McLean (as) Bobby Hutcherson (vib) Cecil McBee (b) Billy Higgins (d) Continue reading Puro Jazz 09 de abril, 2025 at PuroJazz.

THIS WEEK's BIRDS: violinist India Cooke; bop from Joe Henderson as well as Jackie McLean; new music from Karl Evangelista (w. Bobby Bradford et al); Lebanese vocalist Oumeima el Khalil; Lebanese legend Farid al Atrache; from Turkey: Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek; Mediha Şen Sancakoğlu; Gaye Su Akyol; Indonesian pop from Java (Ida Laila & Mus Mulyadi); recent music rom Md After Hussain & PAQ; from Poland, Wallow Zimpel's Saagara; Iqbal Bano (vintage Indian ghazal).; salsa from Orqueta Soledad; Mon Rivera;  as always, so much, much more. Catch the BIRDS live on Friday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI, 88.1 FM Ithaca/ 88.5 FM Odessa;. and WORLDWIDE online via our MUSIC PLAYER at WRFI.ORG. 24/7 via PODBEAN: https://conferenceofthebirds.podbean.com/ via iTUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conference-of-the-birds-podcast/id478688580 Also available at podomatic, Internet Archive, podtail, iheart Radio, and elsewhere. Always FREE of charge to listen to the radio program and free also to stream, download, and subscribe to the podcast online: PLAYLIST at SPINITRON: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/20462713/Conference-of-the-Birds and via the Conference of the Birds page at www.WRFI.ORG https://www.wrfi.org/wrfiprograms/conferenceofthebirds/  Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/conferenceofthebirds/?ref=bookmarks Find WRFI on Radio Garden: http://radio.garden/visit/ithaca-ny/aqh8OGBR

Blind Mango Chutney's first show for the new year starts with a few technical problems before kicking into a jazz smorgasbord from all eras and idioms, starting with Miles Davis's ESP, and touring through Pat Metheny, Horace Silver, Jackie McLean, and Sal Salvador.

RIP to the legends Lou Donaldson and Roy Haynes, who passed recently. I play a couple of their records on the bookends of this episode. The Lou Donaldson joint that starts things off, a cover of "Everything I Play Gonh Be Funky," reminds of my very early days of digging, finding this at an East Village bookstore in 1997 or so, and always treasuring it. I didn't get hip to Mr. Haynes later on even though I already had some of the hundreds of records that he played on in my collection. In-between, I included some of my recent digs, since it's been a while since I last recorded an episode. Thanks as always to folks tuning in - working on a few things right now, more soon! For now, dig in and go and track down more of these legendary artists' work. Tracklist: Lou Donaldson, Steve Goodman, Luiz Bonfa, Cal Green, Milt Jackson, Jackie McLean, Roy Haynes

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This week Joe is featuring Saxophonist Jackie McLean,” from his 1995 Blue Note/Capitol Records recording, titled “Jackie's Bag.”

BENNY CARTER / DIZZY GILLESPIE “CARTER, GILLESPIE INC.” Los Angeles, April 27, 1976Sweet and lovely, BroadwayDizzy Gillespie (tp) Benny Carter (as) Tommy Flanagan (p) Joe Pass (g) Al McKibbon (b) Mickey Roker (d,vcl) SASHA BERLINER “ONYX” Brooklyn, NY, December 18-20, 2020 & June 1, 2021Jade, Crescent Park, PolarisSasha Berliner (vib,comp) Marcus Gilmore (d) Burniss Travis, II (b,el-b) James Francies (p,el-p) Jaleel Shaw (as) Julius Rodriguez (synt) Thana Alexa (vcl) JACK WILSON “EASTERLY WINDS” Englewood Cliffs, N.J., September 22, 1967Easterly winds, A time for love (p,b,d only, Frank's tuneLee Morgan (tp) Garnett Brown (tb) Jackie McLean (as) Jack Wilson (p) Bob Cranshaw (b) Billy Higgins (d) Continue reading Puro Jazz 26 de agosto, 2024 at PuroJazz.

BENNY CARTER / DIZZY GILLESPIE “CARTER, GILLESPIE INC.” Los Angeles, April 27, 1976Sweet and lovely, BroadwayDizzy Gillespie (tp) Benny Carter (as) Tommy Flanagan (p) Joe Pass (g) Al McKibbon (b) Mickey Roker (d,vcl) SASHA BERLINER “ONYX” Brooklyn, NY, December 18-20, 2020 & June 1, 2021Jade, Crescent Park, PolarisSasha Berliner (vib,comp) Marcus Gilmore (d) Burniss Travis, II (b,el-b) James Francies (p,el-p) Jaleel Shaw (as) Julius Rodriguez (synt) Thana Alexa (vcl) JACK WILSON “EASTERLY WINDS” Englewood Cliffs, N.J., September 22, 1967Easterly winds, A time for love (p,b,d only, Frank's tuneLee Morgan (tp) Garnett Brown (tb) Jackie McLean (as) Jack Wilson (p) Bob Cranshaw (b) Billy Higgins (d) Continue reading Puro Jazz 26 de agosto, 2024 at PuroJazz.

Grammy-Award winning saxophonist Wayne Escoffery is my guest on the 21st episode of Strictly Jazz Sounds. What attracted me to Wayne was his prolific traveling, extensive performances and recordings with his own band (11 recordings), the Mingus Big Band (3 recordings, one a Grammy Award winner), the Black Art Jazz Collective (4 recordings), and as sideman with trumpeter Tom Harrell (7 recordings, co-producing 4) plus works with other notable jazz musicians. He is now a Harlem resident in the neighborhood where Sonny Rollins grew up, Sugar Hill, but he was born and spent his childhood years in London before he moved to the U.S. with his mother. Escoffery graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in jazz performance from the Hartt School at the University of Hartford, where he was a protégé of saxophone legend Jackie McLean. He earned a Master of Music degree from the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance (now the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz) at the New England Conservatory, Escoffery today teaches at Yale University's School of Music where he emphasizes the value of real-world experience in teaching, reflecting on his own journey and influences, including his time with jazz greats like Jackie McLean and Ron Carter. We cover various topics such as the challenges facing musicians today, the lack of business education in jazz programs, and the exploitation of artists by the music industry. Escoffery also touches on the emotional therapeutic aspects of music, thoughts on mental health in the music industry. We take a deep dive into Wayne Escoffery's soon-to-be released recording, Alone.  Thanks to Smoke Sessions Records for use of the tracks for this podcast. They are: Moments With You (6:32), Alone (8:08), and The Ice Queen (8:16). The episode opens with "Moments With You." You can hear "Alone" about half-way through the conversation, and then the show closes with "The Ice Queen." The conversation begins when Wayne Escoffery and I discuss the importance of real-world experience in teaching. You'll enjoy his thoughts about this topic among others regarding jazz artists getting ripped off by a recording industry that hardly pays anything to anyone anymore. I would appreciate feedback about my podcasts. Past comments have been very useful. Thanks for listening to Strictly Jazz Sounds. This is Steve Braunginn. Photo by Kasia Idzkowskas

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Virtuoso trumpeter Lee Morgan (born July 10, 1938) first rose to fame as a teenage member of Dizzy Gillespie's band. He played as a sideman with John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Jackie McLean, Hank Mobley, Art Blakey in addition to producing a series of recordings as a leader, one of which “The Sidewinder” became a surprise commercial hit in 1964. He died tragically in 1972, shot at a club in NYC during a gig.

Tonight's Jazz Feature is by a fine pianist who always seemed to have a bit of an undeserved low profile. His name is Jack Wilson and he was born in Chicago on August 3, 1936 and passed away at age 71 on October 5, 2007. He was a favorite of some great singers like Nancy Wilson and Dinah Washington and was sought after for his musicality and fine touch. Wilson performed in Chicago with all the great players from the Windy City then moved for a few years to New York and recorded several good albums for Atlantic Records then out to Los Angeles where he kept busy in the movie and TV studios and played a lot of Jazz too. He got a contract to record for Blue Note Records and did 3 albums for them and tonight's Jazz feature is his best of the 3. "Easterly Winds" displays Wilson's playing and his composing abilities and this band selected by Wilson sounds like a working band even though they were only assembled for this album. The people involved aside from Jack Wilson are Lee Morgan on trumpet, Jackie McLean on alto saxophone, Garnett brown on trombone, Bob Cranshaw on bass and the great Billy Higgins on drums. Wilson wrote 4 of the 6 tunes on the date and does the ballad "A Time for Love" as a trio and brings in a tune by saxophonist Frank Strozier called "Frank's Tune". "Easterly Winds" is an overlooked latter day classic and it tonight's Jazz Feature. Check it out!.

This episode features some of the fine jazz music coming out of Hartford Connecticut. It begins with new releases from Sarah Hanahan, Jonathan Barber and Andrew Renfroe. Later in the podcast we play a beautiful ballad from Jimmy Greene, also an alumni of U of H, and mentored by Jackie McLean.  Playlist Artist ~ Track ~ Album Sarah Hanahan ~ Welcome ~ Among Giants Jonathan Barber ~ Radar (feat. Vision Ahead) ~ Single Luke Sellick & Andrew Renfroe ~ Ain't No Mountain High Enough ~ Aberdeen Blues Kenny Burrell ~ Isabella ~ Soulero Miles Davis ~ Joshua ~ Seven Steps To Heaven Kenny Garrett ~ Chucho's Mambo ~ Pushing the World Away Jimmy Greene ~ Love In Action ~ Mission Statement Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band ~ Kings Highway ~ Kings Highway

Tonight's Jazz Feature is an important album recorded in one of the golden years of Jazz: 1959 but rarely mentioned. This album marked the first issued album under a new Blue Note contract by alto saxophone giant, Jackie McLean. Jackie was starting a new phase in career and this album marks the first step and it's a big step. Jackie emerges here from his early influences namely Charlie Parker and Sonny Rollins. Jackie also has one of the most distinctive sounds that's sometimes raw and harsh but always soulful and full of feeling. On this fine album McLean is featured with a frequent partner, trumpeter Donald Byrd. On piano is the fine Walter Davis Jr. who also composed four of the six tunes on the date. Paul Chambers is on bass and the drums are played by the innovative Pete LaRoca (aka Peter Sims).. All in all "New Soil" deserves recognition as another of the seminal recordings of 1959. Enjoy!

COUNT BASIE W/ LESTER YOUNG CLASSIC 1936-1947 STUDIO SESSIONS Chicago, November 9, 1936Shoe shine boy, Boogie woogie (I may be wrong), Lady be goodCarl Smith (tp) Lester Young (ts) Count Basie (p) Walter Page (b) Jo Jones (d) Jimmy Rushing (vcl) CLIFFORD BROWN THE COMPLETE BLUE NOTE AND PACIFIC JAZZ RECORDINGS: New York, August 28, 1953Easy living, Minor moodClifford Brown (tp) Gigi Gryce (as,fl-1) Charlie Rouse (ts) John Lewis (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d) Los Angeles, August 12, 1954 Finders keepers, Joy springClifford Brown (tp) Stu Williamson (v-tb) Zoot Sims (ts) Bob Gordon (bar) Russ Freeman (p) Joe Mondragon (b) Shelly Manne (d) Jack Montrose (arr) Los Angeles, September 8, 1954Bones for JonesClifford Brown (tp) Stu Williamson (v-tb) Zoot Sims (ts) Bob Gordon (bar) Russ Freeman (p) Carson Smith (b) Shelly Manne (d) Jack Montrose (arr) DONALD BYRD / PEPPER ADAMS THE COMPLETE BLUE NOTE STUDIO SESSIONS Hackensack, N.J., December 21, 1958When your love has gone (as,bar out), Down tempo, Off to the races, Paul's palDonald Byrd (tp) Jackie McLean (as) Pepper Adams (bar) Wynton Kelly (p) Sam Jones (b) Art Taylor (d) Continue reading Puro Jazz 06 de junio, 2024 at PuroJazz.

Featured new music from Kenny Barron, Lori Bell, Dan Pugach. Classic jazz from Joe Henderson, Jackie McLean and James Moody. Lastly, we say farewell to David Sanborn. Playlist Artist ~ Track ~ Album Christopher Hollyday ~ Dialogue ~ Dialogue Jackie McLean ~ What Is This Thing Called Love? ~ Nature Boy Kenny Barron ~ Innocence ~ Beyond This Place Lori Bell Quartet ~ Black Narcissus ~ Recorda Me - Remembering Joe Henderson Joe Henderson ~ In 'n Out ~ In 'n Out  James Moody ~ I'm in the Mood for Love ~ Moody's Mood for Love Dan Pugach ~ Travel  ~ Bianca David Sanborn ~ Full House ~ Upfront

Jackie McLean (May 17, 1931 - March 31, 2006) was one of the many jazz musicians to be deeply influenced in the generation coming up under the influence of Charlie Parker. He always had his own unique sound and approach though, recording with Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Charles Mingus and other leaders before leading his own groups, notably on Blue Note Records, for whom he recorded twenty-three sides. He was one of the early supporters of Ornette Coleman's innovations, recording with Ornette on his New and Old Gospel LP. He was a revered teacher as well, turning out many students during his long tenure as a professor at Hart School of Music who have gone on to their own careers.

JACKIE MCLEAN ACTION Englewood Cliffs, NJ, September 16, 1964Action, PlightCharles Tolliver (t) Jackie McLean (sa) Bobby Hutcherson (vib) Cecil McBee (b) Billy Higgins (d) KENNY BARRON LEMURIA-SEASCAPE Englewood Cliffs, NJ, January 17, 1991Lemuria, Sweet Lorraine, Have you met Miss Jones ?Kenny Barron (p) Ray Drummond (b) Ben Riley (d) JOE LOVANO TRIO FASCINATION New York, September 16 & 17, 1997New York Fascination (1), Ghost Of A Chance (3), Studio Rivbea (2), Cymbalism (3) Joe Lovano (straight sop-1,as-2,ts-3,alto-cl-4) Dave Holland (b) Elvin Jones (d) (straight sop-1,as-2,ts-3,alto-cl-4) Dave Holland (b) Elvin Jones (d) Continue reading Puro Jazz 08 abril 2024 at PuroJazz.

KENNY DORHAM MATADOR New York, April 15, 1962Smile, Beautiful love (kd out), There goes my heartKenny Dorham (tp) Jackie McLean (as) Bobby Timmons (p) Teddy Smith (b) J.C. Moses (d) TETE MONTOLIU TRIO CATALONIAN FIRE Copenhagen, Denmark, May 26, 1974A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square, Blues for Perla, Au privaveTete Montoliu (p) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) Albert “Tootie” Heath (d) ARTHUR BLYTHE LENOX AVENUE BREAKDOWN New York, c. Continue reading Puro Jazz 21 marzo 2024 at PuroJazz.

Abrimos número 08.2024 de La Montaña Rusa con Allison Miller y su estupendo Rivers in Our Veins, publicado en 2023. Del pianista Craig Taborn, escuchamos Shadow Plays, su directo a piano solo, piblicado en 2021 para ECM. Nuestro Clásico de la Semana fue el saxofonista Jackie McLean, al que escucharemos en One Step Beyond, álbum que vio la luz en 1963. Después, el jovencísimo talento de Joey Alexander, en Origin, publicado en 2022. Seguir leyendo La Montaña Rusa 08.2024. Allison Miller. Craig Taborn. Jackie McLean. Joey Alexander. Mike De Souza. Arve Henriksen. en La Montaña Rusa Radio Jazz.

JACK DEJOHNETTE – DEMON'S DANCE Englewood Cliffs, N.J., December 22, 1967Demon's dance, Floogeh, Message from TraneWoody Shaw (tp,flhrn) Jackie McLean (as) Lamont Johnson (p) Scotty Holt (b) Jack DeJohnette (d) JAMES BRANDON LEWIS – CODE BEING May 16 and 17 2021 – Hardstudios Winterthur, Switzerland.Resonance, Archimedean, Code BeingJames Brandon Lewis (st) Aruán Ortiz (p) Brad Jones (b) Chad Taylor (dr) RUSS FREEMAN TRIO Los Angeles, October 27, 1953Don't worry 'bout me, Bock's tops, Yesterday's gardenias, Backfield in motion, The eye opener Russ Freeman (p) Joe Mondragon (b) Shelly Manne (d) Continue reading Puro Jazz 14 febrero 2024 at PuroJazz.

JACK WILSON – EASTERLY WINDS Englewood Cliffs, N.J., September 22, 1967Do it, On children, A time for love (p,b,d only)Lee Morgan (tp) Garnett Brown (tb) Jackie McLean (as) Jack Wilson (p) Bob Cranshaw (b) Billy Higgins (d) JOEL ROSS – THE PARABLE OF THE POET Mount Vernon, NY, c. 2021Prayer, WailMarquis Hill (tp) Kalia Vandever (tb) Gabrielle Garo (fl) Immanuel Wilkins (as) Maria Grand (ts) Joel Ross (vib) Sean Mason (p) Rick Rosato (b) Craig Weinrib (d) ADAM BIRNBAUM – TRAVELS New York, June 8, 2008Jackhammer, House party starting, UrgencyAdam Birnbaum (p) Joe Sanders (b) Rodney Green (d) Continue reading Puro Jazz 18 enero 2024 at PuroJazz.

Starting off Season 2 in 2024 with an episode featuring trombonist, educator, and composer James Burton III! We delved into James' trombone origin story, exploring his musical evolution across various music institutions and alongside legends like Illinois Jacquet to his professional stints on Broadway and in the broader music scene. Beyond his illustrious career, we explored his impactful role as an educator at Juilliard and beyond. Our Q&A session also featured insightful inquiries about setups, what James' has been listening to recently, and the prospect of relocating to NYC to pursue a career in music. This is THE episode to catch if you've ever been curious about what goes into a vibrant music career in NYC! Don't know much about James? Let's catch you up: “Trombonist, composer, arranger James Burton III has lent his sound to multiple Grammy Award-winning albums and Tony Award-winning Broadway productions. Born in Queens, now a resident of Harlem, Burton III is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of the Jackie McLean Institute at the Hartt School of Music. While earning his Master's Degree and Artist Diploma from the Juilliard School, Burton held both the Morse and Gluck Fellowships and received the Schuman Prize, an award named for Juilliard's founding president and given to one graduating Masters Degree candidate annually.Burton got his professional start playing with many of the great large ensembles; the Illinois Jacquet Big Band, the Dizzy Gillespie All Stars, the Lincoln Center and Vanguard Jazz Orchestras etc. Additionally, the opportunity to perform/record with legends Jimmy Heath, Slide Hampton, Ron Carter and Christian McBride inspired Burton to co-found a 10-piece ensemble called the Uptown Jazz Tentet, which celebrated the release of a second album in late 2020, to much critical acclaim. Currently, Burton's playing and original compositions can be heard alongside band mates Jeremy Pelt and Wayne Escoffery in a dynamic new ensemble; Black Art Jazz Collective. BAJC has released three albums since its inception, the latest two reaching the #1 position on the JazzWeek Charts for international radio play. In the model of jazz education pioneer Jackie McLean, Burton is an avid educator and has been a full time associate professor at both the Juilliard School and Manhattan School of Music as well as Director of Jazz Education at New Jersey Performing Arts Center. Burton continues to pass on the legacy of the music via master classes, ensemble coachings and workshops for arts education institutions across the globe.” Our next live episode will be during the NAMM Show in Anaheim, California, later this month and will feature special guest Trent Austin! Stay tuned for airing date and time details by following our social media channels and checking our newsletters. For more insights and updates, be sure to follow us on Instagram: James Burton III's Instagram Virtuosity Musical Instruments' Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠J. Landress Brass' Instagram⁠⁠⁠ You can also explore more about our businesses on our websites: ⁠⁠⁠Virtuosity Musical Instruments' Website⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠J. Landress Brass' Website⁠⁠⁠ Happy listening, friends!

This episode starts with a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., as this show will air on MLK Day weekend. Following are some great tracks, most notably from Tommy Flanagan and Jackie McLean. The show ends with two versions of Mercy Street from the original Gabriel recording followed by Hancocks great cover. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Herbie Hancock ~ I Have a Dream ~ The Prisoner Tommy Flanagan ~ Raincheck ~ Jazz Poet Joe Gordon ~ Terra Firma Irma ~ Lookin' Good! Christopher Hollyday ~ Everything Happens ~ Telepathy Jackie McLean ~ Nature Boy ~ Nature Boy Peter Gabriel ~ Mercy Street ~ So Herbie Hancock ~ Mercy Street ~ The New Standard

In this episode, I sit down with Steve Lehman, visionary alto saxophonist and composer, to discuss his project "Ex Machina," a collaboration with the grammy-nominated Orchestre National de Jazz (ONJ). We talk in detail about his approach to composing and how the process varies according to the size of the group he's composing for—big bands versus quartets—and how he writes for other musicians so that they can shine while leaving space for his own solos. We compare classical to jazz and their differing approaches to improvisation, as well as improv in general, exemplified in his latest work, an interweaving of forms and patterns. Last but not least, we discuss his musical influences, including trombonist George Lewis and alto saxophonist Jackie McLean, with whom he studied for several years."Ex Machina" releases September 15, 2023MUSICIANS-Steve Lehman - alto saxophone, electronicsJonathan Finlayson - trumpetChris Dingman - vibraphoneMembers of Orchestre National de JazzFrédéric Maurin - direction, electronicsFanny Ménégoz - flute, alto flute, piccoloCatherine Delaunay - clarinet, basset hornJulien Soro - tenor saxophone, clarinetFabien Debellefontaine - baritone saxophone, clarinet, fluteFabien Norbert - trumpet, flugelhornDaniel Zimmermann - tromboneChristiane Bopp - tromboneFanny Meteier - tubaBruno Ruder - piano, synthesizerStéphan Caracci - vibraphone, marimba, glockenspiel, percussion, synthesizerRafaël Koerner - drumsSarah Murcia - double bassJérôme Nika - generative electronics creation & artistic collaborationDionysios Papanikolaou - IRCAM electronicshttps://www.stevelehman.com/

Reuben is a jazz bassist who has played alongside of some music's most renowned artists including Wynton Marsalis, Joshua Redman, Charles Lloyd, Roy Hargrove, Marcus Roberts, Nicholas Payton, Mulgrew Miller, Jackie McLean and Dianne Reeves, and so many others. He's played on more than 300 recordings including his own outing as a bandleader with the 2006 release of The Things I Am. While he is constantly sharing his artistry in new settings, styles and challenges, Reuben's career is remarkable for the longevity of many of his artistic relationships. He maintains musical partnerships reaching back to his earliest mentors. He enjoys rewarding long-term collaborations with several artists, including notable tenures with Joshua Redman, the Aaron Goldberg Trio and Charles Lloyd. These are relationships that have lasted a decade or more. In this conversation, we talk about: The importance of relationships The 3 things that make up part of his personal philosophy  The choice of less and leaving space Trusting in your preparation  How constraints can create breakthroughs Choosing to relate to himself as an artist Focusing on your “body of work” What the greatest bandleaders have taught him about leadership Charles Lloyd has said of Reuben: "Reuben has a great talent and ability to play in the now with wonderful intelligence and a beautiful inventiveness. He is deeply passionate and brings humor and a warm humanity to the whole situation." I have no doubt you'll feel Reuben's presence, his passion, his humor, his wisdom and his humanity in this conversation. Please enjoy. --- Reuben: Reuben's Website Select Spotify album links: The Things I Am Corridors - 2023 Kendrick Scott release featuring Reuben Rogers and Walter Smith III YouTube: Joshua Redman Trio with Reuben Rogers and Kendrick Scott - Jarasum Int'l Jazz Festival 2017 Allan- Sign up for the ⁠Newslette⁠r! ⁠Allan's Website⁠ IG: ⁠@allanjaysantos⁠ FB: ⁠allan.santos1

Tonight's Jazz Feature is one of the many that alto saxophonist Jackie McLean did for Blue Note Records during his early years with the label from 1959 to 1967. Jackie reached musical maturity during his Blue Note years and his playing progressed by leaps and bounds. This album seems unjustly neglected and deserves a hearing as the music is superb. It marks the recorded debut of trumpeter/composer Charles Tolliver. Charles contributes 3 compositions to the set which was recorded at Rudy van Gelder's Studio on August 5, 1964. Jackie McLean picked the great rhythm section with Herbie Hancock playing some very adventurous solos, On bass is Cecil McBee and on drums is the always creative "Mr Snap-Crackle" (Roy Haynes).. Mclean contributes 3 tunes to the set including the title track: "It's Time!". This Jazz Feature is a belated Birthday tribute to Mr. McLean who was born on May 17, 1931 in New York. It's Time for Jackie McLean!

All of the music from this week's show was from postings on Jazztodon.com (a Mastodon instance). And I forgot to mention it was Jackie McLean's birth date last week, May 17, 1932. New music here by Artemis, Billy Childs, Joe Lovano, Ben Wolfe.  Playlist  Artist ~ Name ~ Album Bobby Watson & Horizon ~ Country Corn Flakes ~ No Question About It Jackie McLean ~ Snuff ~ It's Time Dave Holland Quartet ~ Four Winds ~ Conference of the Birds The Gary Burton Quartet ~ Liturgy ~ Duster Joe Lovano ~ Our Daily Bread ~ Our Daily Bread ARTEMIS ~ Bow and Arrow ~ In Real Time Billy Childs ~ The Black Angel ~ The Winds of Change Ben Wolfe ~ Mask Man ~ Unjust Barney Kessel ~ On a Clear Day You Can See Forever ~ Autumn Leaves

Nasheet Waits, drummer and music educator, is a New York native. His interest in playing the drums was encouraged by his father, legendary percussionist, Frederick Waits, who played with such legendary artists as Ella Fitzgerald, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Sonny Rollins, Lee Morgan, Max Roach, Cecil Taylor, McCoy Tyner, and countless others. While attending Long Island University, Nasheet studied privately with renowned percussionist Michael Carvin. Carvin's tutelage provided a vast foundation upon which Waits added influences from his father, as well as mentor Max Roach and percussionist Fred King. It was Max that first gave Nasheet's formidable talent international spotlight, hiring him as a member of the famed percussion ensemble M'BOOM. One highlight of Nasheet's tenure with M'BOOM was the live concert performance of M'BOOM with special guests Tony Williams and Ginger Baker.  Nasheet's recording and performing discography is a veritable who's who in Jazz. Waits has boasted stints with jazz notables Antonio Hart, Jackie McLean, Wadada Leo Smith, Dave Douglas, Mark Turner, Bunky Green, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Eddie Gomez, Steve Coleman, The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Greg Osby, Wallace Roney, Jacky Terrason, and The Mingus Big Band. Waits has recorded and toured extensively in Africa, Europe, Japan, Canada, South America and the United States. In this episode, Nasheet talks about: Learning from Christian McBride's "played with everybody" experience, and high level consistency as a performer The early influence of his father, musically and culturally How friends and colleague of his father like like Michael Carvin and Max Roach stepped in to mentor him after his father died Lessons from Carvin His experience attending an HBCU in Atlanta

The sonically innovative harpist, Brandee Younger, is revolutionizing the harp for the digital era. Over the past fifteen years, she has worked relentlessly to stretch boundaries and limitations for harpists.  In 2022, she made history by becoming the first black woman to be nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition. That same year, she was also nominated for an NAACP Image Award. Ever-expanding as an artist, she has worked with cultural icons including Common, Lauryn Hill, John Legend, and Moses Sumney.   Her current album, Brand New Life, builds on her already rich oeuvre and cements the harp's place in pop culture.  As the title of the album suggests, Brand New Life is about forging new paths–artistic, personal, political, and spiritual. On this album, Younger salutes her musical foremother, the trailblazing harpist Dorothy Ashby, while also speaking to the sentiments of more recent generations. “We're bringing new life to Dorothy Ashby's popular and previously unreleased compositions. We're creating new life…for the instrument,” Younger said. Brand New Life is an album about living fully, in neon bright color. In March of 2022, Younger flew to Chicago and began recording Brand New Life in the home studio of her long-time collaborator and friend, Makaya McCraven, who produced and played drums on the album. In the Windy City, Younger hoped to harness some of Ashby's funky energy from a recording she did there nearly five decades before. Younger gathered artists who have had a sense of kinship with Ashby; from the internationally-lauded neo-soul bassist/vocalist/rapper Meshell Ndegeocello to her long-time bassist Rashaan Carter, plus the legendary rapper and producer Pete Rock and the talented contemporary producer 9th Wonder. The latter producers introduced hip-hop and R&B listeners to Ashby in the 1990s and early 2000s via slick samples. Pete Rock and CL Smooth's 1992 release, “For Pete's Sake,” samples Ashby's 1968 hit “Come Live With Me.” 9th Wonder's remix of singer Amerie's 2003 R&B classic “Why Don't We Fall in Love,” also includes a Dorothy Ashby sample from “Come Live With Me.” With Younger's solo rendition of this heavily sampled song on Brand New Life, she builds a sonic bridge between generations. “I wanted everyone on the record to have a special connection to Dorothy [Ashby]," she said.  For the project, Younger also recorded a number of Ashby's compositions that were never recorded before, alongside Ashby fan favorites and Younger originals.  The emotional complexity of the album is stunningly captured in the title track, “Brand New Life,” an original co-written by Younger and singer, Mumu Fresh. “This love is so deep, time and space couldn't keep you away from me,” Mumu Fresh sings. Younger's playing paints lush details over Mumu Fresh's smooth vocals leaving nothing to be sonically desired. Against the backdrop of current social issues–climate change, racism, health disparities, and women's rights–the song speaks to a desire that many people have for change, for something new in the world. “Brand New Life'' reaches listeners at the level of the human. Love is a subtle but insistent thread throughout the album. The opening track, “You're a Girl For One Man Only,” is a previously unrecorded Dorothy Ashby composition. Sonically, it is tender and evocative of a first kiss or the early seasons of a new romance. Younger recalls the original song's lyrics' more traditional message of romantic longing that we still hear in popular music today. Boy chases girl. Girl succumbs. In Younger's version, there is a sense of agency and exploration. Younger creates a mesmerizing atmosphere. In the second half of the track, we are met with a delicate dance between Joel Ross on vibraphone and Younger on harp, the two instruments pining through the melody.  Brand New Life is part of her steadfast efforts to amplify the contributions of black women harpists and to keep their legacies alive.  Her care for and attention to Dorothy Ashby as a musical ancestor has been consistent throughout her career. Akin to the popular hashtag, #CiteBlackWomen, which demands consumers credit and recognizes black women for their intellectual labor, Younger urges us to recognize Ashby's contribution to the American songbook. The album is part of a larger project of recognizing not only the history of innovators of the distinguished harp – a history that places Ashby and Younger together on a continuum – but also the presence of everyday black women.  “Running Game” was an obscure seven-inch single release originally entitled “Double Talkin'” and featured Ashby on piano. In the song's intro, we hear what sounds like a casual conversation at a black women's beauty salon or at a social gathering of sorts where women freely share advice and observations on life with one another. The voices in the intro are of Younger's mother and aunt. Younger set up listeners by reading the lyrics from Ashby's original. “Every man I meet is double talkin'. "Where did the good men go?” The women candidly respond to the song lyrics. One says, “As far as the game, men have been running game since day one.” The track leads into, “Running Game,” a ballad with inflections of Negro spirituals and the blues.  Here, Younger's expressivity on her instrument is incomparable. As the strings (arranged by DeSean Jones) hum behind her, the “double-talking” gold-digging man comes into full view. “Running Game” ends on a note of optimism, of marching forward despite life's struggles.  Younger was born and raised in Hempstead, New York. As a teen in the early 1990s, she bopped to the beats of artists like LL Cool J, Queen Latifah, and Busta Rhymes. Among these hip-hop greats, she discovered Ashby's music by way of hip-hop legend Pete Rock. She began playing harp at the age of eleven and eventually enrolled at the Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford in Connecticut where she studied classical music. It was through the encouragement of legendary saxophonist Jackie McLean that she made her first foray into jazz with the harp.  Hearing Ashby for the first time made her envision new possibilities for herself as a harpist. “She was covering all of these popular tunes and soundtracks [of the time] and I wanted to do that. She's playing pop, jazz, and everyone's sampling her–DJ Premier, Pete Rock, J. Dilla. Hearing, then seeing her as a Black Woman, while I'm this random little isolated black girl playing the harp by myself was everything to me.” Younger forged her way with a small but mighty group of black women harpists as examples—Sarah Lawrence from her hometown, Ann Hobson-Pilot, Dorothy Ashby, and Alice Coltrane—who were consistent sources of inspiration. In 2006, after graduating from Hartt School, Younger went on to develop a name for herself on the jazz and commercial recording scene in New York City. To date, her performance roster is fierce. As a side-woman, she has played alongside jazz icons such as Pharoah Sanders, Ravi Coltrane, Jack DeJohnette, and Reggie Workman. Younger's commitment to carrying the torch can also be seen through her work as a performer and educator. In 2008, she earned a Master of Music from New York University's Steinhardt School. During this time, she began to work seriously as an educator. She has been a guest faculty and lecturer at numerous universities including but not limited to Berklee College of Music, Princeton University, Howard University, and Tulane University. Currently, she serves as a teaching artist faculty at New York University and The New School.    In 2020, Younger was named winner of the DownBeat Critics Poll in the category of "Rising Star" harpist. Her work as a side woman is evidence of Younger's undeniable presence in the sound of contemporary jazz today. In recent years, she has appeared on albums by Lakecia Benjamin, Robert Glasper, Jeremy Pelt, The Baylor Project, and Makaya McCraven, just to name a few. In addition to her contributions as a side-woman, Younger's commitment to honoring the legacy of black women harpists can be seen through her curatorial work. She has curated a number of performances dedicated to honoring the work of Dorothy Ashby and Alice Coltrane. This work speaks to her dedication as a purveyor of black music and history. In this episode, Brandee shares her background, education, and musical journey. If you enjoyed this episode please make sure to subscribe, follow, rate, and/or review this podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, ect. Connect with us on all social media platforms and at www.improvexchange.com

This week’s and next week’s episode focuses on right and wrong ways to pronounce the names of certain jazz artists. I demonstrate lots of mis-pronunciations, then try to correct them. And it gives me an excuse to play some great music, by the likes of Paul Motian,Delfaeo Marsalis, Jackie McLean, Gerry Beaudoin (w. Duke Robillard…Continue reading Episode 224: Say it Right!

Trombonist, composer, arranger James Burton III has lent his sound to multiple Grammy Award-winning albums and Tony Award-winning Broadway productions. Born in Queens, now a resident of Harlem, Burton III is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of the Jackie McLean Institute at the Hartt School of Music. While earning his Master's Degree and Artist Diploma from the Juilliard School, Burton held both the Morse and Gluck Fellowships and received the Schuman Prize, an award named for Juilliard's founding president and given to one graduating Masters Degree candidate annually. Burton got his professional start playing with many of the great large ensembles; the Illinois Jacquet Big Band, the Dizzy Gillespie All Stars, the Lincoln Center and Vanguard Jazz Orchestras etc. Additionally, the opportunity to perform/record with legends Jimmy Heath, Slide Hampton, Ron Carter and Christian McBride inspired Burton to co-found a 10-piece ensemble called the Uptown Jazz Tentet, which celebrated the release of a second album in late 2020, to much critical acclaim. Currently, Burton's playing and original compositions can be heard alongside band mates Jeremy Pelt and Wayne Escoffery in a dynamic new ensemble; Black Art Jazz Collective. BAJC has released three albums since its inception, the latest two reaching the #1 position on the JazzWeek Charts for  international radio play. In the model of jazz education pioneer Jackie McLean, Burton is an avid educator and has been a full time associate professor at both the Juilliard School and Manhattan School of Music as well as Director of Jazz Education at New Jersey Performing Arts Center. Burton continues to pass on the legacy of the music via master classes, ensemble coachings and workshops for arts education institutions across the globe. View the show notes and a transcript for this episode at: https://bobreeves.com/blog/james-burton-trombone-interview/ The Trombone Corner Podcast is brought to you by The Brass Ark (brassark.com) and Bob Reeves Brass (bobreeves.com).  

Robert Silverman was born in New Haven, Connecticut. and has been playing jazz piano, trumpet, singing and composing for about 50 years. Mr. Silverman was first mentored by the great Jackie McLean in Hartford, and then moved on to study at the New England Conservatory in Boston where he was fortunate to work with George Russell, Jaki Byard, Fred Hersch, Jimmy Guiffre, Ran Blake and many others and graduated from the Jazz Studies Department in 1984. He moved to New York where he did graduate work with Jimmy Heath at Queens College and has been the recipient of many awards including two Meet the Composer Grants and a Brio award in 2013 for Best Jazz Composer for his CD Fractured time and 3 Grants during the Pandemic including New York Foundation for Arts and the Louis Armstrong Foundation. Mr. Silverman has released 15 CDs in NYC, and works with the elderly population and Alzheimer patients in the Bronx. He is on the Staff of 92nd St Y, and will soon be teaching at the Duke Ellington School in NYC.

The jazz label Blue Note Records existed before Reid Miles was hired, so we talk about the guy who set the stage for him: John Hermansader. Once we've set the scene, we jaw about a couple of our favorite albums from artists Horace Parlan and Jackie McLean. Who was in charge of designing them? Why did they make the creative choices they did? And, perhaps most importantly, does each album's look do a good job of translating sound into visuals? - - - - - Visit our full episode page for show notes, the visual examples we discuss, additional links and more! https://www.twodesignerswalkintoabar.com/episodes/episode-44-the-beats - - - - - Have a question or idea for Todd and Elliot? Send a note to hello@twodesignerswalkintoabar.com and we promise to read it. After that it's anyone's guess. - - - - - Visit https://www.twodesignerswalkintoabar.com/merch to have a look at stuff we've made for listeners just like you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Exploramos un disco triple, 'Blue bossa. Cool cuts from the tropics', publicado hace seis años, que contiene grabaciones de músicos de jazz marcadas por lo latino: James Moody and his Modernists ('Tin tin deo'), Hank Mobley ('Avila and Tequila'), Jackie McLean ('Bluesanova'), Grant Green ('Corcovado'), Stanley Turrentine ('Wave'), Horace Parlan ('Congalegre'), Big John Patton ('Latona'), Ike Quebec ('Loie', 'Lloro tu despedida') y Joe Henderson ('Blue bossa').Escuchar audio

Courtney's playing refreshingly cool new jazzy vibes for you to work, rest and play to! Jam-packed full of new releases and plenty of fun, including many of the artists introducing their own tracks! On fire post-bop, superlative smooth grooves, joyous spirituals, Afro-cuban smooth, 70's style funk rock, Deep South soul funk + avant-garde, contemporary horn swing, Big Band swing, organ samba...these bands are tighter than tight folks! Celebrate the unity cos we are definitely all ONE!1 Billy Drummond - Little Melonae (Valse Sinistre) CELLAR Tr1Billy Drummond dr Dayna Stephens sx Micah Thomas pno Dezron Douglas bsMcleanBilly's tribute to legend Jackie McLean: "Jackie's what I would consider truly a jazz musician -his music was kind of a soundtrack to my early beginnings playing the drums. I've always been a Jackie McLean fan.” Huge energy to kick off Ep22!!2 Yellowjackets - Intrigue (Parallel Motion) MACK AVENUE Tr1Russell Ferrante pno Will Kennedy dr Bob Mintzer sx Dane Alderson bsMintzerJoyous Yellowjackets back with brand new grooves! “We rehearsed the tunes on the album maybe three times - I believe we're only now on this tour performing these songs live, so what you're hearing are about as fresh as they can be. Everything really came to life in the studio in those three days.” 3 Alexander Smalls - Hush (Let Us Break Bread Together) OUTSIDE IN Tr5Alexander Smalls vc, Cyrus Chestnut pno Reuben Rogers bs Ulysses Owen Jr drTradSunday Service!! Gorgeous gospel funk from Renowned Chef/opera singer & vocalist Alexander honoring the American Spiritual with an absolutely incredible band feat CPG friend sparklin Cyrus C!4 Rique Pantoja - Da Baiana (Live in Los Angeles) MOONDO Tr4Steve Tavaglione sx fl Jimmy Earl bs Joel Taylor dr Ricardo Silveira gtr Cassio Duarte perc Rique Pantoja keysPantojaRio's RIQUE PANTOJA has performed and recorded with some of the biggest names in American and Brazilian jazz for over 40 years.The song “Da Baiana” is based on the ijexa, an Afro-Cuban rhythm. Pantoja says “I play a nice solo on this tune, but I really like the solos by Ricardo Silveira and Steve Tavaglione.”5 Craig Waters & The Flood - A Love Like You (Love & Squalor Vol1) ROPEADOPE Craig Waters gtr Leland Rooney Michael Tebrinke Emma Morcroft Rhythm Section: Josh Reynolds Lance Lucas Darius Mines Horns: Trevor Caddell Jovan Quallo Claude Calliet Casey Brefka Scotty HuffA declaration of Stevie Wondered love from this fab funk outfit stormin out of ROPEADOPE's endless talent studio!6 Brandon Seabrook Trio - In The Swarm (In The Swarm) ASTRAL SPIRITS Tr5Brandon Seabrook gtr/bj Gerald Cleaver dr/elec Cooper-Moore Diddley Bow That's woken you up! New worlds of sound from Brandon's banjo: Deep South avant-garde with a groove!7 John Yao Triceratops - Crosstalk (Off-kilter) TAO RECORDINGS Tr5John Yao tb Billy Drewes Jon Irabagon sx Robert Sabin bs Mark Ferber drYaoCrosstalk bursts into a swaggering funk out of some otherworldly car chase. “I love this band's ability to go wherever everyone collectively or individually feels like they want to go,”8 Eyal Vilner Big Band - Just A Lucky So & So (The Jam) SELF-RELEASE Tr1Eyal Vilner sx fl Imani Rousselle vc feat John Lake tpt Ron Wilkins tbEllington arr CamposFresh as hell big band Ellington swing with Eyal and crew with great blues-style vocals!!9 Bill Heid - Samba Cat 6'16Dealin' Wid It SAVANT Tr7Bill Heid org Perry Hughes gtr Randy Gelispie dr Kevin “Bujo” Jones percHeidThe lovely Bill H on Mozart's King of Instruments samba style with a band of greats!

Jazz has pretty much always been my favorite genre. But along the way, I’ve discovered that the biggest barrier of getting into newer stuff (for myself, personally) is a general lack of connection to any sort of jazz royalty. Fortunately, that’s not the case with Dezron Douglas. Once apprentice to the late legend Jackie McLean, […]

obituary courtesy of the International Society of Bassists: The ISB is sad to learn of the passing yesterday of bassist, composer, educator and recording artist Kelly Sill. He was 70 years old. Kelly was a beloved mainstay of the Chicago jazz scene for more than 35 years. Born in Fargo, North Dakota, he grew up in the Chicago area. After receiving his bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, he returned to Chicago to perform and record with jazz artists such as Art Blakey, Joe Henderson, Art Farmer, Clark Terry, Cedar Walton, Herb Ellis, Woody Shaw, Hank Jones, Freddie Hubbard, Kenny Burrell, Barney Kessel, Chris Potter, Ernie Watts, Bob Mintzer, Mel Torme, Anita O'Day, Jackie McLean, Joey DeFrancesco, Donald Byrd, Eddie Harris, Scott Hamilton, Victor Lewis, Clifford Jordan and Bucky Pizzarelli. He performed at the Chicago Jazz Festival, the Elkhart Jazz Festival, the Red Sea Jazz Festival, Thessaloniki Concert Hall in Greece and Symphony Center in Chicago. Kelly's discography includes more than fifty recordings as a sideman and leader.   Kelly served on the faculties of Northeastern Illinois University, Lake Forest College, DePaul University and Northern Illinois University. He also taught at the Interlochen Arts Camp, Jamey Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshop, Janice Borla Vocal Jazz Camp, University of Wisconsin/Stevens Point Jazz Camp, Clark Terry Great Plains Jazz Camp and the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) Summer Music Program.   Saxophonist Gregory Dudzienski recalls his friend: "Kelly was one of the warmest, most welcoming, supportive, and funniest people I've ever had the fortune to spend time with. He had that way of interacting with you, that way of giving you his full attention and self that made it feel like you were the most important person in the world to him. That way of interacting carried into his playing as well."   Subscribe to the podcast to get these interviews delivered to you automatically!   Check out our Online Sheet Music Store with 100+ wide-ranging titles for bassists.   Listen to Contrabass Conversations with our free app for iOS, Android, and Kindle. Check out my Beginner's Classical Bass course and Intermediate to Advanced Classical Bass course, available exclusively from Discover Double Bass.   Thank you to our sponsors!   Carnegie Mellon University Double Bass Studio - CMU is dedicated to helping each student achieve their goals as a musician. Every week each student receives private lessons and participates in a solo class with Micah Howard. Peter Guild, another member of the PSO, teaches Orchestral Literature and Repertoire weekly. They encourage students to reach out to the great bassists in their area for lessons and direction. Many of the bassists from all of the city's ensembles are more than willing to lend a hand. Every year members of the Symphony, the Opera and the Ballet give classes and offer our students individual attention. Click here to visit Micah's website and to sign up for a free online trial lesson.   Upton Bass String Instrument Company - Upton's Karr Model Upton Double Bass represents an evolution of our popular first Karr model, refined and enhanced with further input from Gary Karr. Since its introduction, the Karr Model with its combination of comfort and tone has gained a loyal following with jazz and roots players. The slim, long “Karr neck” has even become a favorite of crossover electric players.   Dorico - Unlock Dorico for iPad – For Life! Want to enjoy all of Dorico for iPad's subscription-only features – including support for unlimited players, freehand annotations in Read mode with Apple Pencil, support for third-party Audio Unit plug-ins, and much more – but don't want to pay a monthly or annual fee? Dorico for iPad now provides a lifetime unlock option, so you can access all current and future subscription-only features for a single, one-off in-app purchase. Visit the App Store today and unlock Dorico for iPad for life!   theme music by Eric Hochberg

The Narcotic Farm was a remarkable institution. Opened in Lexington, Kentucky in 1935 and closed in the 1970s, the massive hybrid prison/treatment facility was for many decades one of the only publicly available drug treatment facilities in the United States. The writer, William Burroughs, spent time there, as did his son. So did jazz musicians like Chet Baker, Sonny Rollins, Elvin Jones, Jackie McLean, Sonny Stitt, Joe Guy and many others. Staff and patients described it "as more like a prison than any hospital but more like a hospital than any prison,” and fully 1/3rd of its residents opted to go there entirely voluntarily. Moreover, the Farm's Addiction Research Center was a pioneering, highly regarded center for addiction studies. It benefited from the ample number of experienced drug users willing and often eager to participate in experiments in which they were given opioids, barbiturates, all sorts of novel pharmaceuticals as well as psychedelics through CIA-funded studies. No one knows more about the Narcotic Farm than Professor Nancy Campbell, an historian of science, technology, and medicine who is one of America's leading scholars of drug issues. Among her books are The Narcotic Farm: The Rise and Fall of America's First Prison for Drug Addicts, which she co-authored with JP Olsen and Luke Walden.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week: Barry Guy & Now Orchestra; Dan mask ceremony; Anyango (Luo music);  Etaab; Anti-Choc; Les Bantous de la Capitale; Mark Dresser Quintet; Orchestra Massako; Booker Little; Jackie McLean; Abdel Halim Hafez; John Yao; Marion Brown;  much more... Always FREE of charge to listen to the radio program on WRFI, or stream, download, and subscribe to the podcast: via PODBEAN: https://conferenceofthebirds.podbean.com/ via iTUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conference-of-the-birds-podcast/id478688580 Also available at podomatic, Internet Archive, podtail, iheart Radio, and elsewhere. PLAYLISTS at SPINITRON: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/16068975/Conference-of-the-Birdshttps://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/16068975/Conference-of-the-Birds and via the Conference of the Birds page at WRFI.ORG https://www.wrfi.org/wrfiprograms/conferenceofthebirds/  We will continue to update playlists at confbirds.blogspot.com 24-48 hours of the program's posting  online. Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/conferenceofthebirds/?ref=bookmarks FIND WRFI on Radio Garden: http://radio.garden/visit/ithaca-ny/aqh8OGBR Contact: confbirds@gmail.com

This show celebrates two recent birthdays. Chick Corea born June 12, 1941 and Kenny Barron on June 9, 1943. Chick is so missed, and we are fortunate to have Kenny Barron still recording and performing. Other greats represented here are Jackie McLean and Herbie Hancock. Flora Purim surprises us with a new recording at age 80 after a fifteen year absence. Hartford bassist Matt Dwonszyk has released a single from his soon to be released second album. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Return To Forever ~ Spain ~ Light As A Feather Chick Corea ~ Windows ~ Now He Sings, Now He Sobs James Moody, Kenny Barron, Todd Coolman & Lewis Nash ~ Voyage ~ Moody 4A Herbie Hancock ~ Speak Like a Child ~ Speak Like a Child Jackie McLean ~ Action ~ Action Matt Dwonszyk ~ Be Strong Carry On (feat. Ghazi Omair) ~ Single Flora Purim ~ Zahuroo ~ If You Will Chick Corea ~ Admiration ~ Antidote

We begin this edition with a set demonstrating the progression of modern jazz guitar from the 60's groove style of Kenny Burrell and Peter Bernstein to a more fusion approach from Gilad Hekselman and Andrew Renfroe. We conclude this episode with a variety jazz styles. A popular tune from a movie soundtrack by husband-wife team Mike Wofford an Holly Hofmann, Indian influenced Dave Holland, Zakir Hussain & Chris Potter, and a cooking track from Jackie McLean's collaboration with vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson. The show concludes with a great groove from Ahmad Jamal. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Kenny Burrell ~ Isabella ~ Soulero Peter Bernstein ~ Hidden Pockets ~ Let Loose Andrew Renfroe ~ 1998 ~ Run in the Storm Gilad Hekselman ~ Magic Chord ~ Far Star Mike Wofford & Holly Hofmann ~ Pure Imagination ~ Turn Signal Dave Holland, Zakir Hussain & Chris Potter ~ Mazad ~ Good Hope Jackie McLean ~ Blue Rondo ~ One Step Beyond Ahmad Jamal ~ Arabesque ~ It's Magic

This podcast celebrates the recent birthdays of two all time great jazz artists; Miles Davis and Jackie McLean. It also features two releases by young musicians that are a product of the Jackie McLean Institute for jazz in Hartford Connecticut, where Jackie spent his later years mentoring students of the art form. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Miles Davis ~ Milestones ~ Milestones Miles Davis ~ Paraphernalia ~ Miles In the Sky Jackie McLean ~ Appointment in Ghana ~ Jackie's Bag Jackie McLean ~ Sweet Love of Mine ~ Demon's Dance Matt Dwonszyk ~ Afro Blue ~ Afro Blue - Single Jonathan Barber & Vision Ahead ~ South ~ Poetic Joey Alexander ~ Rise Up ~ Origin Christian Sands ~ Can't Find My Way Home ~ Be Water

In episode 1216, Miles and guest co-host Jacquis Neal are joined by comedian Paige Weldon to discuss… Trump calls Tyrone (Putin), PETROMASCULINITY!!!!!!, Oh cool Wendy's is FINALLY opening in the metaverse…what? and more! Trump calls Tyrone (Putin) Trump Was 100% Making Phone Calls During The Jan. 6 Attack: Here's The List PETROMASCULINITY!!!!!! Oh cool Wendy's is FINALLY opening in the metaverse…what? Follow: @paigeweldon ALBUM: Girlfriend at the Time by Paige Weldon LISTEN: De I Comahlee Ah by Jackie McLean & Michael Carvin See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.